Hi everyone, I am just curious as to how many people here do this as a full time gig. Any stories about how everything happened would be appreicated. Thanks
I got in as a hobby(back int eh day when surfing for money programs actually paid). my background is Electrical engineering
for me this is a full time gig. i started of with working as a teacher in a computer center from there got small small work flash and deseign work to do. then decided to start off on my own Backgroud - B.Tech in biomedical engineering and ya... was always crazy about computers
let me ad a comment that most fo my money isn't made with adsense but CPA networks although i do make good money with adsense also.
I work on my sites apart from my full days job. I work as a webmaster for other client sites and am into affiliate marketing etc etc. Adsense is just an extra revenue stream for me.
My full time job is SEO, but i do lots of general webmastering too. I use almost no adsense though, i might consider doing more of it later when i have time to get a site ranking for keywords. Just no time at all now!
i have a 'real job' - but sometimes it seems like babysitting my site(s) is a full time job too! I've been averaging about 55% of what i need to be able to quit my day job.. i'm hoping that a year from now i can stop working for 'da man altogether..
I don't have a job at all. I'm a student. Webmastering is just for fun, and an easy way to get some money.
Currently I am going to college fulle time so this is my full time job you can say. Taking classes to help me earn more online though, so hopefully will be still doing this as a living in 5 years... of course making a lot more money.
This is my full time gig (has been for a few months now). I got my start 5 or 6 years ago while browsing eBay (yea I bought one of those turnkey PPC search engines, and never made a dime out of it). Most of where I am today can be attributed to 50% hard work and 50% dumb luck to be honest. My business changes almost as much as my mood does, so I'm not sure a story would be the best model for someone else to follow. The most important factor in this entire business is to step back and think about what people really need. For just a little while, forget what the highest paying CPA program is, or highest paying keywords are, and think honestly what people need that they can't find or doesn't exist right now. After you figure that out (I know, easy, right? haha), the rest comes naturally. Once you can convince lots of people to look at one idea, it's easy to convince them to look at your other projects, leading to a really neat snowball effect. I primarily make my income from Adsense (not 100% sure, but I think that puts me in the minority of the guys who make a full time living here), all though I also do well with Adversal (in my sig), Azoogle (also in my sig) [/end shameless self promotion], and CJ (cj.com). A tip about the CPA networks - offer the visitor something different that they can only get at your website. Anyone can sign up for, say, hosting, but how many can sign up for hosting and have a free banner designed for them? And if your hosting offer pays $100 per signup, surely you can devote an hour to make someone a nice looking banner. Not only will you get the signup, but you can be sure that they will tell someone else about how they got something for 'free'. My college roommate is just starting into this business, and I'm constantly repeating the phrase 'think outside the box' to him. It's great to follow a successful business model, but it's even better when you can follow a successful business model with your own little twist that makes you stand out just that much more from the guy down the street.